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I’ve reached an age where I’ve started to say things my parents used to say to me – unconsciously. The immortal words ‘it’s like Blackpool illuminations in here’ left my mouth when I was out with my friends the other day and it felt like the genie was out of the bottle. It’s not a bad thing but it has made me realise how cyclical it all is and as Christmas ramps up to degrees never seen outside of Lapland. Every shop’s like Santa’s Grotto, isn’t it? And it’s at this time of

We’re at that time of the year when everyone’s caught betwixt and between. Half of my mind’s focused on what I’ve got left to deliver on and achieve this year, while the other half’s looking ahead to what 2025 has in store… All while Mariah Carey is getting ready for her annual rise up the charts and I’m doing my best to resist tucking into mince pies already. We’re all in that planning phase and whether you’re thinking about marketing, budgets, and what you want to achieve

I recently got a great review after working with a client on a testimonial at a trade show. Now, I’m not here to blow my own trumpet, tempting as it may be. I wanted to make the point that reviews are a non-negotiable – we all use them to check out every purchasing decision from where to have a Sunday roast to working with businesses on that next big project. In a lot of ways, it’s the modern-day word of mouth, giving you the chance to check out what other people’s experience

There are some lines in cinema and TV that are so iconic they don’t need an explanation. I’ll be back. Where we’re going, we don’t need roads. I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse. And my personal favourite – What’s your favourite scary movie? It’s that time of year when horror is in vogue, so 1996’s Scream is always on my watchlist and there’s something about it that I can’t help but love. Stylistically, it strikes all the right chords for me, but at the time, it w

Storytelling is a skill that’s never underappreciated. From Shakespeare to Charlotte Brontë, history is littered with storytellers who have influenced culture for hundreds of years. And while October might be the month of all things supernatural, you don’t Stephen King to be able to tell an effective story. I was filming testimonial content for a client recently and we had a great day filming, once the contributor got into the groove in front of the camera. Which made me thin

I’m happy to admit that I’m a creature of habit. Most of us are in whatever guise that takes – whether it’s getting up at a specific time, eating dinner at the same time every day or like me, having the same thing for lunch. I’ve had a ham and cheese sandwich for lunch pretty much every day for the last 5 years. Well, apart from the time I’d run out of ham and had to make do with a cheese sandwich… never again. I know what I’m getting from a ham and cheese sandwich, and I kno

September will always feel like a fresh start to me. While I’ve been out of uni and school for a few years now (no grey hairs yet…), I still get that sense of starting anew every September. The summer holidays are well and truly over, and it feels like everyone’s ready to crack on and make a success of this autumn. I’m actually busy with school photography over the next few weeks, so that might be why it’s on my mind more than usual… But it’s also a great time to think about

I may have mentioned it before, but I love going to the cinema. And even more than that, I love going to the cinema to watch superhero movies. Indulge me for a moment here… Deadpool & Wolverine has leaped into the top 30 highest grossing films of all time with time still left in its cinema run and that’s pretty big news for a few reasons. For one, it’s been a marketing campaign spearheaded by Ryan Reynolds which has taken in a whole lot of media. There has been as much social

I’ve been watching a lot of the Olympics over the last week. Who knew sailing, mountain biking, and archery could be so dramatic? Triumph in the face of adversity or against all odds is always good value and there’s no better place for it than the Olympics. It’s meant that I’ve been tuning into BBC iPlayer a lot as coverage flicks between gymnastics, tennis, hockey, canoe slalom and skateboarding. And it’s fair to say that it’s a broadcasting masterclass – the coverage is i

Something is always more exciting when it happens on your doorstep, isn’t it? Even the mundane suddenly becomes interesting when it involves Maureen next door or your Uncle Steve. The same is true about houses going up for sale – it’s not something you particularly notice unless you’re looking to buy OR it’s down your street. When I saw a house down the road from us had gone up for sale, me being my nosey self, I popped online and found the listing. It’s a lovely house and a

I love going to the cinema. Give me any superhero film, any sci-fi flick, any biopic or any summer blockbuster, and I’m there. And you might even tempt me to splash out on the popcorn for the odd horror movie or two. Cinema has changed a lot in recent years, though, and getting people to fork out to head to the local multiplex has become harder than ever. In fact, outside of sequels or big-name directors, there’s not many success stories in Hollywood over the last couple of

I’ll keep this one light on the politics because I think we can all agree that we’ve had plenty of that for the last few weeks… But the changing of the guard, so to speak, did get me thinking about the concept of winning and how great it is. Whether it’s the parents race at Sports Day, England at the Euros, Wimbledon, or even a General Election, there’s nothing quite like that winning feeling. And as Will Ferrell’s character in Talladega Nights famously says, ‘if you ai

We’re only a couple of weeks out from a general election, which means we’re hearing a lot more from our politicians than we usually do. The traditional debates are still attracting an audience and the papers are doing their thing… But this is the first UK election where the coverage has been given life on TikTok. Anyone who’s come across Sir Ed Davey’s antics, be it heading down a waterslide, taking a splash on an obstacle course, or attempting to bake in a primary school, wi